LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jay Leno says immediacy is key to his new show , and he should have plenty of it for his prime time premiere Monday , when Kanye West is a musical guest .

Kanye West , center , with girlfriend Amber Rose and actor Tracy Morgan at the 2009 MTV VMAs .

The rapper created a fan and artist uprising Sunday night when he jumped onstage at MTV 's Video Music Awards to hijack singer Taylor Swift 's acceptance speech .

Leno could reprise his 1995 ratings-grabbing moment when he asked actor Hugh Grant , `` What the hell were you thinking ? '' Grant had been arrested two weeks earlier for public lewd conduct with a Hollywood hooker .

West placed a written apology on his Web site -- `` I 'm sooooo sorry '' -- but `` The Jay Leno Show '' could be the place and time for a more personal and public mea culpa . Watch the details on West 's appearance ''

Leno 's publicist confirmed Monday that West was still booked for the NBC show , which tapes just three hours before it airs in the eastern United States at 10 p.m.

West was booked by Leno weeks ago to perform with two other hip-hop superstars : Rihanna and Jay-Z .

Some drama may center around how West and Jay-Z get along onstage . Jay-Z 's wife , singer Beyonce Knowles , was perhaps the most embarrassed by his outburst .

Swift , a 19-year-old country-pop singer , was in the midst of her acceptance speech for the Best Female Video award when West rushed onstage and took her microphone . He then let loose an outburst on behalf of Beyonce , who was one of several artists who lost out to Swift .

Although Beyonce appeared stunned as she watched from the front row , she gracefully recovered near the end of the show , when she was onstage to accept an award of her own .

`` I remember being 17 years old , up for my first MTV award with Destiny 's Child , and it was one of the most exciting moments of my life , '' she said , referring to the girl group with which she had her start . `` So I would like for Taylor to come out and have her moment . ''

West 's online apology appeared soon after .

`` I 'm sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom , '' the message said in all caps . `` I spoke to her mother right after and she said the same thing my mother would 've said . She is very talented ! ... I 'm in the wrong for going on stage and taking away from her moment ! ''

MTV said the West-Swift incident was not planned , a point it had to stress after a walkout by singer Eminem at last year 's event turned out to be staged .

Staged or not , apologies from celebrities behaving badly have been good for Leno 's ratings .

When Grant told Leno `` I did a bad thing , '' it gave Leno 's `` Tonight Show '' a viewership bump that has been credited with solidifying his lead over rival David Letterman in the late-night ratings war .

This is just the kind of `` immediacy '' Leno was talking about in a call with reporters last week .

`` The idea here is that we 'll tape a new , fresh show every single day , talking about the events that happened that day that night , '' Leno said .

West , Rihanna and Jay-Z will debut Leno 's new approach to musical guests . They will be limited to one song , and most nights they 'll share the stage with other stars .

`` What we 're trying to do is put together acts that you do n't normally see together or do n't normally perform together , '' Leno said .

Jerry Seinfeld will also appear on Leno 's premiere Monday .

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Rapper Kanye West scheduled to appear on `` The Jay Leno Show ''

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Leno 's new show set to premiere Monday night

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Leno could reprise famous Hugh Grant moment in questioning West

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West made news and angered fans by interrupting Taylor Swift during speech